Senior Software Engineer

A pioneer in K-12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 15 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.

Join our mission-driven engineering team as a Senior Software Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in building tools that empower hundreds of thousands of educators worldwide. As part of our full stack team, you'll develop intuitive, responsive apps that directly impact classroom experiences and educational outcomes across diverse school communities.


In this role, you'll mentor junior engineers, drive technical decision-making, and collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and education experts to translate complex educational workflows into elegant, user-friendly experiences. You'll be responsible for ensuring our platform maintains high performance, reliability, and security standards while serving our user base. This position offers the unique satisfaction of knowing that your code directly contributes to improving education quality and accessibility for students and educators around the globe.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Build high-quality, robust, scalable software solutions that help Amplify build and maintain a best-in-class learning platform.
  
• Develop code (primarily front-end components), including automated tests and related tooling.
  
• Reviewing code from other engineers on the team, bringing your keen eye for pragmatic and elegant solutions to challenging problems.
  
• Collaborate with our DevOps team to develop, manage, and monitor our deployment processes and infrastructure.
  
• Ensuring that our software meets the needs of all students and works reliably in real classrooms. Engaging in proactive testing and monitoring of our systems and guaranteeing a good experience for our end users.
  
• Participating in a collaborative learning environment within Amplify Engineering: reviewing code from other engineers and participating in learning sessions to foster best practices and engineering culture.
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent degree or training.
  
• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
  
• Understanding of good software design and modern software engineering practices.
  
• 2+ years experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g. React)
  
• Understanding of modern backend web technologies.
  
• Strong problem-solving ability and experience working within complex systems and large code bases.
  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative setting and engage in self-driven learning.
  
• Ability to articulate technical concepts verbally and in writing.
  
• A passion for working on education products and a desire to make them more equitable and accessible.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Languages and frameworks: React, Typescript, Javascript, Node.JS, RESTful APIs
  
  
• Data stores: Experience with modern data stores such as PostgreSQL and DynamoDB.
  
• Cloud infrastructure: Experience in managing cloud-based infrastructure using tools like AWS AppSync, Lambdas, Datadog, Terraform, and Docker
  
• Testing: Proficiency in automated testing techniques, with experience in testing frameworks like Jest and WebdriverIO
  
• Experience in education or ed-tech
  

What we offer:

Salary is only one component of the Amplify Total Rewards package, which includes a 401(k) plan, competitive health insurance and mental health options, basic life insurance, paid time off, parental leave, and access to best-in-class development programs. The gross salary range for this role is $140,000 - $160,000. This role is eligible to earn an annual discretionary bonus that rewards individual and company performance.

Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Amplify makes employment decisions based on qualifications and merit, and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.

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